Selwyn Primary School
Primary schoolSelwyn Primary School is a primary school in Waltham Forest, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 721 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), May 2022
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 10 May 2022
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 87% of pupils at Selwyn Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 74% in Waltham Forest and 62% in England.
34% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Waltham Forest | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 87% | 74% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 34% | 17% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 110 | 108 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 107 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- South Chingford Foundation SchoolSecondary. Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 42.8 (2025/26, provisional)400 m
- Handsworth Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)660 m
- Ainslie Wood Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2023. 87% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)710 m
- Joseph Clarke SchoolSpecial. School remains Good, November 2022710 m
- Highams Park SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), May 2024. Attainment 8 of 49.1 (2025/26, provisional)730 m
- Thorpe Hall Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, December 2022. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)960 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Waltham Forest
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).